Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-08

Saline fertilizers, like potash salts, may
antag onize scab BY hindering the growth
of fungi
CAKE BAKING.
Cake-baking is perhaps more pro-
ductive OF unsatisfactory results to the
average housewife than any of the var.
lous duties with which, in the capacity
of cook, she is forced to contend. Usu-
ally she prepares the mass in strict acc
ordnance with the directions as set forth
in the receipt book, but from some un-
known cause the cake has failed to rise,
or has burned on the outside while its.
interior is still "doughy,' or something
has happened to render her very earn
est efforts useless. To these unfortu-
mates several suggestions may be Off
cred which, if closely followed, will re-
suit in a successful .'bake'' and make
this branch of kitchen industry pleas
ure. Cake will not rise if the oven is
too slow, but care, also, must. be taken
that it be not too hot, in which event
the cake burns on the outside. The
oven should be first tested, a good way
being to drop little flour on the bot
tom of it, and ifsthis browns, then the
oven will be sufficiently hot for all or.
binary cakes. But if it speedily black
ems and burns it is too hot A large
fruit cake requires very slow, steady
fire. Large cakes should be baked in
earthen pans, for those made of metal
heat too quickly, and are apt to burn
its contents. A paper at the bottom of
the pan will be found of assistance,
while if the top brown too rapidly an
other paper should be spread over it.
Baking powders should be used with
discretion on account of the alkaline
flavor they are likely to impart, and
should always be first mixed with flour.
After the cake has once been placed in
the oven it ought never be moved until
done, while care should also be taken
not to allow stream of cold air into the
| oven when opening the door. In test
ing cake to ascertain whether it has
baked sufficiently, a broom sp(int can
be run through it. IF it is not done:
enough some dough will adhere to it.,
otherwise it will come out clean.
Il ! ROSES.
[ A well-kept bed of roses is a beautiful
object, but to have satisfactory results
considerable care must be exercised,
especially with ever-blooming and ten
der roses, and these are the only varie-
ties which will give a succession to
bloom through the season. Procure
good sized plants, but fight shy of novelti-
es. AS with other bedding plants it is
best to confine yourself to those of known
merit as bedders rather than to waste
your time and money on new sorts, I'M
less you already have old ones and desire
to complete a collection. For bedding
rose nothing will beat the ole Hermosa.
1t is as near a perfect boomer as any
we have. The medium sized pink bloom
is not much as specimen, but as bed
der the plant is excellent. Appoline and
Agrippina belong to the same class, and
are also good; they are shades of GRIM
son in color. For specimen tea roses,
Perle DIES Jardins, yellow; Catherine
Mermet, pink, and Marie Guillott, white,
will be found best. The William Fran
els Bennett, recently heavily advertised,
while valuable in the. greenhouse, is
utterly valueless as agarden rose. The
most promising new rose is the Ameri-
can Beauty, pink hybrid tea. Other
new roses of possible merit are the
Puritan, hybrid tea, and Princess Bea-
trice, tea. These, however, will have to
be further tested before they be recon-
mended to the general planter. A love-
ly hybrid tea is La France. Its beauty
is great, and its exquisite fragrance has
not yet been equaled.
= SHEEP HUsBANDRY.$@
1t has been demonstrated that sheep
husbandryimay be made profitable in
Minnesota and Dakota, for the product
OF mutton and wool. In combining
mntton and wool production some are
successful in rearing early. lambs for
market, but the general experience
seems to be that in order to make them
profitable the surroundings must be
specially favorable-warm quarters,
careful and skillful feeding and mar
ket that will pay fancy prices. Other
wise it is better that the lamps be drop
ped in May or June and kept for the
Fall and early Winter market.
Larger focks of wooded than of
! coarse-wooled sheep can be kept TO-
gether without ,deteriorating, but all
sheep do better if occasionally changed
from one field TO another. II ,.
A small flock on farm with other
stock can always be made profitable.
If put on rather short feed they will eat
almost anything, daisies, brush, briers
and even that notable pest, wild carrot.
They prefer dry ground, butneed plenty
of water, and if they have access to it
is bard matter to starye them in Sum
mer. In Winter they relish almost any
kind of coarse fodder, such as bean and